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Should i go with 50% Keyword Competition ?
This is something you will have to decide on your own experience. I'm no expert on Photoshop and brushes, but if you believe it is extremely hard to rank, it might pay to look for another keyword term. I think what you are looking for is different ranges of keywords. You can use Google's Keyword Tool to look for different searches and the volumes. When you find a few you think you can rank for, go back to the keyword difficulty and see if the percentage is good for you. You can also do a search for "Photoshop Stroke Brushes" and see what comes up. If the first page on the SERP looks easy to infiltrate, go ahead and do it. Keyword analysis takes time and effort. Just because a word is difficult to rank for, doesn't mean you can't. Its all about effort.
Keyword Research | | William.Lau0 -
How Much Long To Wait For Rank After Done SEO - Very Nervous!!!
Hi Carrol, As Robert has put so well...if it were only that easy:) Seeing rankings go up and then down for new pages (or newly optimized ones) is a pretty common phenomenon, with their freshness giving them a little boost that then dies away.Remember, your SEO will never be a set-and-forget effort. Now that you've done your first work and are seeing confirmation of doing this well by your A+ rating in our tools, take a little moment to celebrate how much you've accomplished and then get ready for your next steps. These may include, but won't be limited to:- Studying your analytics over the coming months to see how users are interacting with your site. This may lead to improvement you can make in both SEO and human usability. How people use your site affects your rankings.- Creating your ongoing content strategy. You may be blogging, creating whitepapers, infographics or other cool stuff to begin to draw steady, valuable, traffic to your site. Having a lively site affects your rankings.- Analyzing your competitors. While the age of your site vs. that of competitors isn't something you can control, you can learn a lot from what your competitors are doing and then figure out how to do it better. Remember, no search engine ranking exists in a vacuum. All the while you are struggling to get to the top, your competitors are doing the same, but if you can make a stronger effort than others who are being neglectful, you can hope to surpass them.- Creating your social media strategy. Find out where your customers are and then figure out how you can participate in and add value to the places they hang out most.- On-going linkbuilding. In competitive markets, this may be a never-ending task.While the effects of some SEO can be seen pretty quickly (within hours or a few days), most efforts are going to take some time to really settle in. A week is definitely not long enough to judge how Google will ultimately respond to the efforts you have made so far, but that's okay, because your efforts are just beginning. Being #18 isn't a bad place to start with a newly optimized website if you are in a competitive market, Carrol, but it does indicate that there will be work ahead of you. By making a steady, consistent effort to continue to grow and improve in as many areas as you can, you will be continuously feeding the bots data that says, "I'm here, I'm active and I'm doing everything I can to be a great resource for visitors." Hang in there. Don't be nervous. Expect this to take time and you'll be approaching the game with the right attitude. Sincerely wishing you good luck!
Technical SEO Issues | | MiriamEllis0 -
Google not showing profile photo in search
Hi Carrol, It can take a little while for Google to update this and show your Google+ image next to your listings. When I did it, it took about 2 weeks before my profile image started showing next to my webpages. I wouldn't worry, just hold tight and over the space of the next couple of weeks it will happen Matt.
Technical SEO Issues | | MatthewBarby0 -
Yoast Sitemap was blank
FYI - looks like today Yoast pushed out an update, after updating the plugin to version 1.4.1 sitemaps on all of my sites are now correct
Content & Blogging | | alpen0 -
Unable to submit sitemap in GWM.. Error
Now google accepted sitemap like for tags and images but now it is showing another error in post_sitemap.xml file .. Check this screenshot - http://i47.tinypic.com/5lxlwj.jpg
Web Design | | xplodeguru0